Nine Steps to a Great Presentation

Nick Morgan2015-10-27T12:13:58-05:00October 27, 2015|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Listening, Speech Writing|

A presentation is performance art – meaning that you need both great content and a great delivery to hit the proverbial ...

How to Prepare for a Speech You’re Worried About

Nick Morgan2015-10-22T14:30:29-05:00October 22, 2015|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Content/Writing, Fear of Public Speaking, Non-Verbal Communication|

I’ve just come from three speeches in three days. Before that, it had been just over a month. Speeches seem ...

What Happens When Speeches Go Wrong?

Nick Morgan2015-10-20T13:04:20-05:00October 20, 2015|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Content/Writing, Event Planning and Management, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

When speeches go wrong, most often it’s the speaker who gets the blame. But a better way of thinking about ...

How to Prepare for Public Speaking Disaster

Nick Morgan2015-09-24T10:46:52-05:00September 24, 2015|Audience Interaction, Current Affairs, Event Planning and Management, When Things Go Wrong|

What do you do when the show can’t go on? Last week was supposed to be a good week for ...

The Dirty Secret of Public Speaking – and What to Do About It

Nick Morgan2015-09-17T07:00:02-05:00September 17, 2015|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Neuroscience, Speech Writing|

One of the dirty secrets of public speaking is that audiences don’t remember much of what you say. I’ve seen ...

Are You Serious About Public Speaking? Here’s a Mistake You Have to Stop Making

Nick Morgan2015-09-11T12:34:59-05:00September 11, 2015|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Current Affairs, Listening, Non-Verbal Communication|

Anyone who is serious about his or her public speaking needs to watch – who knew? – the Kanye West ...

The Dangers of Last-Minute Changes to a Presentation

Nick Morgan2015-09-08T13:57:31-05:00September 8, 2015|Audience Interaction, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

Public speaking means – for most people – stress and a sudden flurry of decision-making under stress. The conference organizer ...

Do We Share Emotions – And Does That Matter?

Nick Morgan2015-08-27T07:00:41-05:00August 27, 2015|Audience Interaction, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

An old philosophical debate asks the question, how do we know that our emotions are commensurate with one another? Meaning, ...

The Little Trick That Will Make Your Audiences Trust You

Nick Morgan2015-08-20T07:00:23-05:00August 20, 2015|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

I am happy to report good news for speakers. A recent study in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin offers ...

Beware Perfectionism in Public Speaking

Nick Morgan2015-08-13T14:58:57-05:00August 13, 2015|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Emotion, Event Planning and Management, Neuroscience, When Things Go Wrong|

I saw a study recently in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Review (I read these things so you don’t ...